Path of Exile 2 - Fireball/Frost Wall Stormweaver Build

[@dreadggs9041]

THANK YOU, I’m watching at work and had my wife who’s never played POE go trade for the bracers haha. Great video thank you

[@ermeack]

Thank you for the maxroll snapshot. Thank you for respecting my time, that I don't need to scout and stop video on parts where you hover over support gems. U DA GOAT

[@Athreous]

Thank you so much for the video! You gave me hope with Stormcaller!

[@omff6329]

You saved me an insane amount of time and effort. I was able to spec into this right from comet with very low gold at 74. Honestly it belts bosses faster and does a great job on mobs. I think it can be worth putting several CoF or similar Co meta gems instead of Elemental Invocation to avoid the Dexterity pit. EI Energy Gain Modifier changed to 152% from 143% with elemental invocation - 9% increase. Energy gained per power of frozen enemies from 10>12 - adjusted before scaling.

[@Tenkiei]

I'm glad you like it. Personally I've been leaning more towards ele invocation despite the dex because it's nice to control when the comet goes off.

[@Shake1015]

Thank you for making this!! Build is so fun!

[@Tenkiei]

You're welcome, stay tuned for an update soon!

[@jakkrit6910]

thanks for the build. but seriously most people i see in chat or forum didn't complain about the nerf but about they don't have a way to come back from it. not everyone play 8 hour a day and have 200-300k spare to respec the build. for me right now it's 5.5k per node. which is a lot consider i get around 3k in pure gold per map and i don't like pick up junk...... yeah

[@kaza1390]

a whole respec is 1 million for me lol

[@GradietPanda12345]

This exactly. Most people aren’t mad at the nerf, they’re mad at them killing builds and not having a good way to recover from it without completely restarting

[@shaun9156]

just reroll a new character, cheaper and faster than farming up the gold, keep good gear in your stash and twink a new character.

[@BrianBlock]

I agree about the gold, but I can say in general chat, discord, and at least Raxx's twitch, EVERYONE was complaining about the change, nerfing something to oblivion, CoF being dead = cold being dead = sorc being dead = GGG should be sued for charging for Early Access and ruining everyone's evening. You would think that someone killed their dog with how they were raging. It was both sad and hilarious how people were reacting. I want my 1999-2001 gaming community back, not these angry toddlers we have today.

[@ciaranb6151]

Similar build i am working on, cast on ignite and combine it with a skill that removes ignite, firestorm i believe its called. That way I proc and remove ignite rapidly and repeatedly which causes casts on ignite to machine gun abilities. Your build has given me an idea, cast on freeze and ignite, possibly chaining into each other infinitely. Thanks man!

[@Tenkiei]

You're welcome! I thought about doing firestorm stuff but freezing enemies feels really good.

[@Nooctae]

I transitioned my Cold Chrono into more manual casting.I was already doing it but cast on freeze comet in the background was too good to pass up until now. It's working fine, but it's kinda slow. Manual Comet ( inevitable critical hourglass supercritical ) combined frostbomb+curse, and manual coldsnap ( unleash echo control destruction ) Getting the freezes from scattershot glaciation frostbolt and spell cascade icewalls. Coldsnap on the scatershot frostbolt projectile is actually a decent nuke without freezes.

[@MrStoffzor]

Clearing trash with frostbolt feels super bad even at lvl 35

[@antonego9581]

@@MrStoffzor it sure does but not fireball + frost wall with spell cascade frostwall covers half the screen and the fireballs just explode everything its stupidly powerful against bosses as well i would get these gloves now before they get expensive

[@BB3DG69]

This build is honestly perfect. I was looking for something like this. I wanted to use all elements and not just use ALL lightning or ALL cold or even all fire. I was getting really annoyed with seeing single element builds. This will definitely be used as an inspiration for me to build my sorceress, thank you.

[@Tenkiei]

You're welcome, right now I'd say it's definitely not perfect though. I'm working on improving it now!

[@achgehzu2125]

the one and only content creator actually providing solutions for the community instead of another "the nerfs are to bad, people are starting to form unions to fight GGG" video.

[@lightshadow3683]

Which sucks because the nerfs are healthy, people are just mad that their win button got removed after they built completely into the thing that was clearly unintended and definitely too strong.

[@RGRockboyGamingVLOG]

​@@lightshadow3683 The nerfs are 100% healthy i agree. But the approach is far from healthy. They have a free pass because the game is in Early Access, to destroy your time investment, gold, and crafting materials, in the same time they can't make the respec free for the duration of the Early Access TO TEST things ? Why ? I don't get it rly.

[@2k3r1]

@@lightshadow3683 People arent mad about the nerfs; they are warranted. They are mad about being bricked and/or the respec cost being too high.

[@2k3r1]

His solution: "Just have some exotic gloves. bro."

[@random009-09]

lol mad ones are not mad cuz of nerf per say, they mad cuz build they copy don't work now and there's nothing else to copy. ppls now days just flock to ytube reddit n such to teach them how to play cuz they too dumb or lazy to figure something on their own.

[@dankeykang2981]

If your following goratha, our main problem is crit i think. he is on blood mage and his spells get base 15% crit which is huge. there is not enough crit nodes on the tree for us to be able to catch up to that with only 7% base crit i think

[@dalybor967]

agree

[@mexicandog6788]

which one you think its better? i started goratha's and i kinda feel bad cuz more people are saying this guy's build is better xD

[@omff6329]

I'm running this with Everlasting Gaze and Atziri's Disdain for nearly infinite mana and conversion to health which makes me extremely tanky also. Might be worth picking up Mind Over Matter and some MRR nodes and literally become unkillable but I'll need more levels. I'll try it around lvl80 and see. Amazing clear on this build, completed 2nd last trials :) Highly recommend picking up the neck and helmet for survivability, but will set you back around 60ex. Highest achieved burst was 600k at around 5sec on 3rd trial boss. Edit; Just got this neat jewel also - should help extra procs by stacking a few. -------- 14% increased Spell Damage Meta Skills gain 15% increased Energy Gain 10% of maximum Energy Shield as additional Stun Threshold

[@DustHart]

Love it. Im using comet raw now with spell echo, unleashed und arcane tempo. So most of the times i get 4-6 comets in one cast combined with cast on freeze and comet. Its super fun and effective against bosses.

[@yannmarchand9099]

Big big big big Thank you from france man :D you save my character lol gg for find this trigger :D

[@MrCrackopoff]

Thanks man, this worked really well 😀

[@PBehr]

Please do an update on this build. Maybe a working week or so. Pretty keen to see what you decide to do. Cheers!

[@srpattox5268]

Great Build! Thanks! Do you have the loot filter for this build? Thx

[@Tenkiei]

Nope, I'm way too lazy to make loot filters. I just use Neversink's

[@winter827]

i ended up putting cold snap on CoF instead of comet, its cast speed is low enough that if you invest in energy gain you can get it to cast on two freezes (or every freeze if you hit that 60% to refund half energy) it does have much less aoe than comet, but it has similar damage and eats the frozen proc so i can start to freeze again if they survive. downside is you have to stay relatively close to actually trigger it properly. (thankfully(?) im blood mage, so i want to stay close anyway)

[@Elkay123]

Great Input right here! Lightning is just not mine & I was about to play ne comet from lvl 48 on..but yeah..I‘ll go with this one tysm

[@antonego9581]

really hope GGG gives us a free respec today, thanks for the build. edit: dude thank you for this video! i have salvaged my frost sorc using these gloves and fireball + frost wall honestly... its more fun than the CoF comet spam was

[@gawwad4073]

Would be cool if they showed the damage type in the skill effects. The game has such amazing visuals the fiery frost bolts kinda look off.

[@Allenbball24]

Great video, I was on Act 3 CoF + cold snap when GGG Thanos snapped. In your opinion, should I continue to go for this build or just switch to arch mage?

[@Tenkiei]

I'm not sure how gear intensive Archmage is currently.

[@MythicPon3]

I ended up finding an innsmouth shabby hood unique with decent chaos resist and 100% increased mana regen and slapped that on until I can find something better.

[@garver5833]

Ingenuity on display, very clever bud

[@shang0h]

Maybe when i finish leveling up my next character and they can farm the gold to respec my invoker (whose ascendency has triggers as a mechanic) I'll be able to try something like this.

[@Vose1919]

I switched to this last night but I made an ES version to solve defensives. Sacrifice all the mana nodes as I don't feel we struggle with mana. I'm rocking about 4k ES and 700 hp with Ghostwrithe and defenses are quite tanky. Not sure about how it will fare in end game though, not there yet.

[@Hikariel.]

Hi I see your build is using Energy Retention as support on Cast on Freeze. However I am in Act 1 Cruel right now and it will still take time for me to get access to level 3 supports. Therefore the solution for the nerf is not available to me yet. Should it not matter that much still though I should comfortably get to the point where i can get it still? Edit: because i am only in act 1 cruel I of course also do not have the proper setup with the 2 uniques and living bomb (would be using my cold staff still)

[@RafalBorowski]

same here. If like me and you someone was CoF and just finished campaign and was half through cruel 1 (like me) it's literally dead caracter...

[@Hikariel.]

@@RafalBorowski I mean boss damage is still very good. normal mob clear just is a lot less consistent

[@Tenkiei]

I'm not too sure about the leveling part but @Zen_M is working on a new way to level, check out his channel.

[@Jams1187]

Thanks

[@eduardoortega4832]

Hey nice vid. I’m tried war justice build he has infinite comets pretty solid build freezing through maps

[@scottbarker1337]

Someone is actively price fixing the gloves right now. Can't get a reply on trade for over 50 unique listings and now the same name is posting them up for more and more. lel

[@mlevesque33]

At which level do you suggest switching to your build? I was going for the Frost ball/Comet build at first. I'm still on Act 2 in Standard mode so money is slow to get.

[@Tenkiei]

I swapped to it around level 72, so I'm not too sure about when it would start working in the early game.

[@mlevesque33]

@Tenkiei I hope money is easier to get in Act 3.

[@mrsundaymorning]

How long do you think this build will last before getting nerf?

[@overnight9135]

Don’t worry it’s not strong enough for GGG to nerf lol, you can try firstly

[@phara128]

42 minutes ago

[@Ryzzingsun]

thank you! but my god those gloves were a pain to get lol. I just had to keep spamming. Also the build you linked here is very different than what you have in the video

[@Tenkiei]

The build I linked is the same as what I showed in the video, what do you mean?

[@MrVin523]

so this conversion is reliant on those bracers?

[@williamkaizen4479]

Yeah feel like entire build depend on the bracers .

[@Sertan.76]

Can you list the support gems you are using for each skill? The maxroll planner is not recording them correctly.

[@overnight9135]

I tried…..but sadly the comet from elemental invocation need to be monitored every time when you wanna to cast it for the energy. The play style sucks at least for me….But anyway thank you for your contribution for this build….. I don’t think I will continue sor cause it’s way too weak compared with other classes, unfortunately GGG choose to nerf it and completely destroyed it….

[@iustinvieru6676]

Kinda looks like you need to finish act 3 on cruel to have 120 spirit to play this build, including the 40 he has on an item

[@Sodam.insane]

thoughts about going 1h + scepter and running 3 cof? for more comets

[@Tenkiei]

I'd rather go with a 1h/shield and lean into hard casting more.

[@tristansanjuan2289]

If blue flame is needed. Should add it on snap shot or is it not. Thought it was... Lol

[@Tenkiei]

It's in the snapshot.

[@No-limits-]

Infinite frost bomb build. I am looking into it

[@whitedevillife]

Which passive to take first? Elemental Invocation or Cast on freeze?

[@Tenkiei]

Probably Invocation now if you have the dex for it.

[@whitedevillife]

@@Tenkieitnx

[@wpheinle]

This is next.

[@brodieb5066]

Thx I bough dozens of blueflame knowing this was the fix last night

[@thechosenchickan8516]

bro can i get 1 from you. Please?

[@bofeity]

So if you’re SSF do you have to just get lucky crafting gloves like this?

[@Azari860]

how can u even activate ur auras when u only have 1 piece with spirit ?

[@svetoslavivanov5858]

AnyIs there anyway to use MOM in any of those builds for more defense?

[@Franco123787]

This build deals more damage than a lighting one in lategame?

[@victorc1462]

how do u detonate frost walls

[@fudashi5628]

well, since the whole system is not wanted that way, it will probably be nerfed too. i stop playing until i get a respec or 1.0 release... big l from ggg

[@lam2558]

how are you getting the strength?

[@Tenkiei]

I have a bit of incidental strength on my gear. But you don't really need str for anything just int/dex

[@HeroclassF]

love

[@moewelelel5935]

Would this work as a Infernalist?

[@ryanvarricchio9782]

is survivability on this ok without ES? i'm towards end of act 6, and get 1-2 shot by many things, granted i dont have as strong resists as you

[@nfefx]

I would not go this route with the tree no, the crit isn't going to make a big difference and he has tons of points spent into basically choosing not to use a mana flask as much. I would take all the ES nodes 100% over that. Having 2-4k ES vs not using a mana flask as much... the only reason this hasn't bit him in the ass yet is he is still in low tier maps.

[@ryanvarricchio9782]

@@nfefx thanks for reply, this is what i was also thinking...

[@TVBroGaming]

would this setup work on the other ascendancy?!

[@Tenkiei]

Goratha is doing something very similar on Blood Mage. But if you mean Chronomancer? uuh... you lose out on -40% resistance and later on a ~80% damage multi from shock so it would be severely inferior. Right now Chronomancer is in a really bad spot tbh.

[@TVBroGaming]

@@Tenkiei ye i m on chronomancer well rip me

[@TheCaptainOfStress]

how are you using comet twice on two different spells?

[@jacksonnguyen3295]

is there a gem leveling guide?

[@Tenkiei]

No, I swapped to this after leveling a different build.

[@bushfeind3966]

Is there any reason why you don't use your 24 weapon set points? That are 24 wasted passive skill points, aren't it?

[@PrzemP]

They are not additional points just alternative

[@gurufatah]

What is the tier map limit that you do with that build?

[@Tenkiei]

The highest I've done is tier V now. But I also haven't dropped very many higher tier maps yet.

[@Vlyn]

How the hell did you get Inspiration into Cast on Freeze? The gem clearly states it doesn't work on Spirit gems?

[@Tenkiei]

Cast on Freeze is a meta gem, so it works a bit differently. Inspiration is supporting "Comet" and modifying the mana cost (currently going from 237 to 143) not the "Cast on Freeze" meta skill or its reservation.

[@Vlyn]

@@Tenkiei Ahh, thanks. Well, mana really isn't an issue, but thanks for the build. It was expensive to finally get the gloves, but at least I can clear white mobs again (while against bosses I'm a little bit weaker than before).

[@InvestorX-c8z]

Does this build only work with those unique gloves?

[@mattrobertson8432]

You can also use frostbolt with scattershot to proc the freezes. The gloves aren’t expensive right now though

[@deniskrivon7324]

Fireball is mainly used there to break ice walls for dmg on trash as we lost the frequent triggers its the most sustained way to deal good dmg outside boss fight atleast for now. Buy the gloves till they reach 15ex, bought them for 1ex😅

[@dmdc0477]

@@mattrobertson8432 Where do you buy them?

[@Tenkiei]

I can't say for sure without further testing, but for now I'd say yes. I tried Frostbolt and Eye of Winter, neither broke frost walls or cleared as efficiently.

[@yzwme586]

can i switch to this build at level 55 or should i wait?

[@mars3412]

Why play staff instead of wand + shield since u can get spell dmg mod on both at the same time ?

[@Tenkiei]

Because that's what I had.

[@toptoptop1638]

What to do, I still can't use wildshads tier3?

[@808coug]

My Elemental Invocation is toggled on but when it reaches 100% it just stays there. I don’t see it trigger comet and reset to zero. Any ideas?

[@Tenkiei]

Press the button.

[@808coug]

@ oof lol assumed it was auto cast like CoF. Thanks haha

[@808coug]

@@Tenkiei Thanks for the quick fix to the recent nerfs! Powering my way through A6 to the end game thanks to your build.

[@aela8060]

Hello, Elemental invocation need 54 dexterity but you're build doesn't give enough dex ! What's the matter ?

[@Tenkiei]

I have 77 dexterity currently. Your gear might be a bit different so you'll need more dex on your tree or items. I added a note with a reminder about this.

[@freeman2399]

With only frost wall and Frost Bomb, How is Freeze triggered on this build?

[@timtimkelsey]

I am lost, I have the same skill levels and mostly same passives but my daamge shows almost half of yours idk why

[@matthiasmertins7528]

Is that After Patch ?

[@Tenkiei]

Yes, this is all post-patch gameplay.

[@jayseven6089]

HOw do you get both CoF and EE to work at the same time?

[@bigfudge199]

He explained it, you have to get it through your amulet. Also remember you need to clear azak bog boss in act 3 cruel to get bonus spirit. in total you need 120

[@jayseven6089]

@ yeah I was missing the Act 3 buff when finishing campaign. Must’ve overlooked it. It feels decent now.

[@fjmd16]

how much spirit do you have?

[@Tenkiei]

142

[@chris_87_]

is it works after the patch ?

[@Tenkiei]

Yes, this is what I did post-patch.

[@Wolpher]

ICE Witches and Ice Sorceresses are good and have a lot of utility and damage. Meanwhile GGG is nerfing everything meanwhile fire witches (Like my dumbass specializing as an infernalist no less) are just left in the dumps. Never b4 has being a fire mage been so underwhelming and so so underpowered. FIRE MAGES NEED A BUFF

[@deucaalion]

How do we get x2 60 spirit to active both auras?

[@Tenkiei]

Spirit on your amulet.

[@deucaalion]

@ Yep I did get one, but since I haven’t finished the campaign at all, I am probably missing another +30 Spirit, correct? If so, do you happen to know which zone that might be? Thank you!

[@Tenkiei]

+30 Spirit - King in the Mists A1 +30 Spirit Iganduk (might be misspelled) in the bog in A3 +40 Spirit Iganduk in the bog, A4 cruel.

[@deucaalion]

@@Tenkiei Thank you! I appreciate it.

[@NerdRobotGaming]

They will nerf it! You're not allowed to have fun

[@halvorhf4280]

so you need unique bracers for it. sadge

[@cheng3830875]

why my ee have to handle can't auto?

[@danielzhou4489]

does increased fire damage work for this?

[@ZepTex95]

No you convert your fire damage to ice

[@manuricher]

​@@ZepTex95 Technically the added Fire Damage will be calculated pre 100% conversion so it should work. The same way the Mercs stack phys and fire damage since the gas cloud explosion are 100% phys converted to fire.

[@katastrophicbtw]

​@manuricher that's not how conversion works anymore.

[@manuricher]

@@katastrophicbtw interesting. So I’m very curious how that works then. So if my my weapon physical damage is being converted into fire using a skill, I should only scale the converted element? Why does + 100 %elemental damage of skill on the weapon is worst than flat phys. I’m now confused hehe.

[@Tenkiei]

No, all fire damage is converted to cold, thus scales off of increases to cold.

[@kenoi239]

Hi, could someone please advise me on how to get the Elemental Invocation gem? I have no idea where I'm playing Sorcerer, I'm level 68 and this isn't an option to make in my games.

[@Tenkiei]

Click "Monk" then engrave it there.

[@kenoi239]

@@Tenkiei Thx

[@grifftech]

I am still in Act 3 non Cruel with a CoF build bricked and no gold to respec, these type of endgame videos are great but does nothing for us casuals :)

[@Tenkiei]

Sorry mate, I already did the campaign twice I don't feel like doing it a third time. But Zen_M and Crouching_Tuna are both leveling characters so you can check out what they're doing.

[@kaer0n25]

How do you get 142 spirit?

[@Tenkiei]

Get an amulet with Spirit.

[@vvr5000]

I tried that but not with 120 spirit. Its unplayable and hurts eyez alot if u gon constantly watching on it. Do not recommend it at all and try something else instead.

[@stoffies]

at what lvl is this build viable?

[@chronoschord]

You can run it at level 41 when Comet is available, but you might run into mana problem real quick.

[@stoffies]

@@chronoschord any recommendation up until then? should i follow the skilltree as he has it right now?

[@chronoschord]

@stoffies I had a lot of leveling uniques to help out, so not sure if it applies to you, but I was wearing Enfolding Dawn, Lifesprig and a really good shield to head through the act with spark/flamewall. It's a decent slog.

[@stoffies]

@@chronoschord tips on skill/gems of those until i hit 41?

[@Tenkiei]

I swapped to it in the endgame, so I'm not sure how early you can do it. But I'd guess you use Spark/Flamewall for much longer now (possibly until 65).

[@Karashote]

it's too bad im out of gold trying to respec my bricked build. I'm done playing until they give us a free respec

[@Greenalex89]

Nice build, but I cant effort to respec. Cya on full release I guess.

[@Margoulinx]

How your comete can be spam that much after the nerf and u spam fire skill x)

[@Tenkiei]

the video explains it :)

[@alwayzlame9247]

how do you run elemental invocation? It seems like it requires 100+ dex?

[@pant333ra1]

level 10 requires like 46

[@Tenkiei]

Get Dexterity/Intelligence on gear (and then swap nodes on the tree accordingly) or use a low level Spirit Gem for less Dex. I have 77 Dex so I can use a L14 Invocation.

[@itsbenny5857]

rip cast on freeze, another class fked by GGG, they just keep making the game better

[@labuxis]

my damage is meh :(

[@JayBills3]

Build getting nerfed today.

[@Tenkiei]

I wouldn't be shocked if Frost Wall got nerfed tbh. But Gas Grenade and Magnetic Salvo survived their nerfs so we'll see!

[@DirtySnowman439]

currently the meta skills cant gain energy because they are all triggered (except Blasphemy), so even those 8% energy on meta passive skill nodes dont work right now

[@JesusChrist-nb1of]

That's 100% a big this will be patched

[@tiorontoron7531]

why are they nerfin stuff at all? is the design of the game to artificially waste players time or be a fun, captivating game to play?

[@Tenkiei]

Because it's a beta. GGG has a balance point in mind and they're bringing down outliers (then I bet they're gonna buff stuff up) to hit it. Trigger skills felt very OP, so I'm really not shocked with the nerfs, if Comet and Frost Wall also get nerfs I wouldn't be shocked either but hey if that happens I'll try something else.

[@Skovos]

Hopefully more people see this and stop throwing tantrums about changes in early access. :)

[@Tenkiei]

It would be nice, but I doubt it sadly haha.

[@elistrago1820]

Sadly its not a fix its a crutch and frost wall is a cancer skill to use and awful vs mobile bosses/mobs u will die countless times just by casting it or will trap yourself or it will push mobs or they will run around it and rush u into post animation in t8+ maps or u will be very careful and slow and every map will take u a hour to finish

[@sauer1911]

Why the F on maxroll u placed so many attributes on DEX?

[@Tenkiei]

Why don't you try again, but this time ask nicely.

[@tarotaro6933]

Tbh we all know CoF and CoC is way too OP. Doesn't matter what ascendency you are, if you are a non-minion spell build they all fall down to the CoF/CoC category pretty much.

[@Tenkiei]

Yeah, I expected the nerf. It very much felt too op...but hey it was fun while it lasted.

[@aw2031zap]

I tried to make your suggestions work and they just don't unless you already have a 5L+ on some of your skills. Sucks, ggg way over nerfed it. I can't even clear T1 maps still.

[@Tenkiei]

I literally don't have a 5L on any important skill. The only 5L is cast on freeze and the 5th link isn't important.

[@niccolemanz]

Will be nerfed

[@tby89]

Give me those gloves. Thanks.

[@revstrading]

how can you apply freeze using fireball?

[@MrStoffzor]

It's explained very clearly literally 1 minute in